Enable streetview on iPod Touch 2.2

[andybno1]

firstly this is not my own work I found this on another forum.

ONLY DO THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!

1. get this file via ssh: /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/N45AP.plist
2. convert to xml at http://iappcat.com/plist/bin2xml
3. add

<key>telephony</key>
<dict>
<key>maximumGeneration</key>
<real>2.5</real>
</dict>

underneath

<key>standAloneContacts</key>
<true/>

4. save then using that website again reconvert to binary
5. rename original file N45AP.old
6. copy new N45AP.plist in (make sure permissions are 644)
7. reboot ipod
all new Maps features work however you get a searching for service (replaces the word ipod in the top left) and waiting for activation message that pops up occassionally, music settings disappear also music slot in prefs disappears

Soure: http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115156

attached image from post as proof of concept

 

[Gix1k]

Too much to do here

 

[andybno1]

making a backup of file
download file off ipod
convert via website
add 5 lines of text
convert back and upload


wow yeh 5 steps I can see how that could be construded as too much to do

took me 5 mins max to do all that and worked, I reverted back as I found the need to activate popup annoying (this makes the iPod think it's an iPhone in order to work)

 

[HiFiGuy528]

http://gizmodo.com/5096982/ipod-tou...tled-firmware-22-upgraders-google-street-view

 

[blizaine]

FYI
I just noticed on cydia in the utilities folder an app called Street View Enabler that looks like it does this hack for you. I haven't tried it because I have an iPhone.